Capital briefs

Arvind stars in Odina CC victory
Arvind Solanki scored 69 while KK Dixit picked three wickets to help Odina Club beat Sadhana Club by 5 wickets in the Ghaziabad Cricket Association league at Jawahar Lal Nehru Cricket Stadium. Arvind Solanki was named the man of the match.

Brief scores: Sadhana Club 152 all out in 38.1 overs (Saumik Ganguly 56,KK Dixit 3/20,Ritesh Saxena 3/27,Lalit Kumar 2/31); Odina Cricket Club 151 for 5 in 29.1 overs (Arvind Solanki 69,Vikas Tomar 41,Sandeep Kumar 4/27)

Saif scalps five
Left-arm spinner Saif Abbasi scalped five wickets to help Rathore Academy beat Hari Singh Academy by 27 runs in the 4th Radhika Cup under-15 cricket tournament at Parmarth ground.

Brief scores: Rathore Academy 177 all out in 39.4 overs (Japjeet Randhawa 60,Mukun Mridulkar 43,Vardhan Sharma 3/33,Sanjay Sharma 3/18); Hari Singh Academy 150 all out in 33.5 overs (Tushar Kaushik 49,Saif Abbasi 5/15)

Sports scholarships
Vidya Sanskar International Sports Academy announced its scholarship scheme for deserving junior sportspersons. Under this scheme,the academy will sponsor 20 talented sportspersons studying in classes fourth to eightth standard under the supervision of former India stumper Vijay Yadav.

Easy win for Madras CC
Sourav Tiwari scored 66 runto help Madras club beat Gush club by 7 wickets and enter the quarter-finals of the 5TH Ganga Open prize-money cricket tournament.

Brief scores: Gush CC 150 all out in 39 overs (Ankur Julka 57,Charnjeet Singh 21,Sandeep Yadav 3/16); Madras CC 153 for 3 in 22 overs (Sourav Tiwari 66,Aditya Jain 36 not out,Sawej Khan 29,Jerry Stephen 2/21)

Gagan,Munna hit tons
Centuries by Gagan Sharma (117) and Munna Kumar (110) helped Rathore Academy beat Lorent Academy by 90 runs and enter the quarter-finals of the Radha Kishan under-19 cricket tournament.

Brief scores: Rathore Academy 330 for 3 in 40 overs (Gagan 117,Munna Kumar 110); Lorrent Academy 240 for 5 in 40 overs (Rishab Kumar 66,Pradeep Melawat 3/24)